Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes) made it two wins on the trot today as Mark Cavendish (Columbia High Road) suffered a bad day at the office finishing over a minute down and surrendering the leader’s jersey to Petacchi.American Tyler Farrar finished second, despite riding the final kilometres with only one gear when the cable was ripped … Read more
We saw the new Decade Tripster from Kinesis UK at the CORE bike show back in February and we’ve been itching to get our hands on it since. Now we have.The Tripster is one of what seems to be a new brand of British designed bikes (Cotic’s Roadrat is another) ultra-versatile machines that can be … Read more
The SKS Airgun is a pump designed for riders who need to inflate their tyres in a hurry, and is particularly suited to race, time trial and triathlon riders who need to get moving again quickly.The Airgun comes complete with one cartridge – it takes the 16g threaded type CO2 cartridges – a bottle cage … Read more
Blackburn’s EX1 rear rack is a bit of a touring classic designed to be a one size fits all load-lugging solution. This has certainly been my experience, it’s easy to fit too, have had no trouble installing on a number of 700c and 26in wheeled bikes.My only one major gripe is that the 3mm hex … Read more
Chromate freshly oven cured, it’s time for the colour coat. Powder coating has come along immeasurably since the days of murky industrial or basic primary colours-these days you’re pretty much limited only by your imagination and choice of finisher.Much of this has been driven by the US, where traditional stoving enamels are comparatively rare but a … Read more
All the action that mattered was compressed in to the final 500m of today’s 156Km stage from Jesolo to Trieste when Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes) proved that he hadn’t read the script (well the English version at least) powering past Mark Cavendish (Columbia High Road) to take the win. Ben Swift (Team Katusha) was third … Read more
I love home made parts, whether they are Heath Robinson or beautifully designed and crafted. Check out this bracket for attaching a cycle trailer, made by my dad; it allows him to attached the trailer or childrens buggy without removing the qr.If you guys have made anything or used anything to resolve an issue, I … Read more
After his brush with danger in Iran last week – this week has been one of change for round the world cyclist, James Bowthorpe. He is now in India battling the heat and illness as he in his attempt to break the round the world cycling record.As recounted here and in his blog earlier in … Read more
Just fixed the counter balance system on my garage door with gear cable!Flo K
Panaracer’s Crosstown range is designed as a bombproof urban tyre and it certainly does put up with a lot of abuse around town. There’s a price to pay for that, though, and the price is a fairly high weight and a slightly dead ride.The Crosstown looks rugged on first appearances, with a deep tread that’s … Read more
